I dont follow that, the uniqueness of the trinitron was it was a one gun system for color which usually used three guns. A one gun monochrome CRT was already standard. Can you elusidate further? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ Trinitron was based on RCA patents for a superior B&W set. RCA of course didn't see any need to have a better set and sold them to Sony. The rest is history. Cory Papenfuss wrote: > I'm jumping in a bit late on this, but I've got a couple of > comments about my opinion of Sony > >> Re Sony, they are a respectable company and noone has any doubt about >> it. But since the overhaul of thier executive structures, it has been >> a known fact that they have been struggling and stumbling in consumer >> electronic market. >> > Margins too low anymore. They've had to cheapify consumer stuff > for the past 20 years. At least in their home theater stuff (receivers, > amps, DVD players, VCR's), quality is the same or worse as any other > cheepie no-name brand... only more expensive because it's a "Sony." One > of their last great innovations that actually succeeded (IMO) was > Trinitron. They were without question the best available CRTs for dozens > of years. Most other innovations are me-too's, together with a HUGE smack > of arrogance and proprietary stuff (think mini-disc and memory stick). > > It became a known patter recently that they search for what they > >> perceive to be profitable market, explore them, but if they found >> they are not for them, they are too quick to fold up. It was not >> like that before. Look at Cleo (or whatever is called, a Palm PDA) >> from which they retreated. Their portable audio is overwhelmed by >> iPod, and much touted Play Station stuff is now seem to be in limbo. >> Theyb are still a king in the institutional market. They have been >> producing great imaging products. But they are operating like a fire >> drill and still seraching for the directions and goals in "consumer >> electronics" area. Those are the facts which is substantiated by >> CFO's uttering. >> >> > I'm pretty sure that in their professional gear, the quality is > still there. Of course the prices are higher and the margins are fatter. > At least if you buy a professional-grade Sony product though, you get what > you pay for. > > >> I wish they did not have a propriatary hot shoe.... :-). >> >> > See above about Sony's love of proprietary sh*t. > > -Cory > <\rant_mode> > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
